Improvement in mechanical-movement



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DALEMBERT T. GALE, 0F POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent N l 96,419,'lIatcd Norember 2,- 41869.

' IMPROVEMENT nu MECHANICAL-Movement.

The ScheduIe referred to in these Letters Patent and making part o f the same.

To all whom 'it/may concern Be it known that I, DALEMBERT T. GALE, of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess, and State oi' New York, have invented a new and useful Inlprovement in Mechanical Movement; andI do hereby declare that the following is a; full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- I Figure 1 is a vertical section of my improved machine, taken through the line x x, iig. 2;

Figure 2 is a horizontal section of the Same, taken through the line. y y, tig. l.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved mechanical movementfor operating a churn or driving light machinery, which shall be simple in construct-ion, effective in operation, and convenient in use; and

It consists in the vconstruction and combination of various parts ot' the machine, as hereinafter more fully described.

' A represents the. frame of the machine, which may be made of wood or iron, as mayr be desired or convenient.

B is the driving-shaft, which'ispivoted to the frame A, and which may receive motion from a weight or spring, as may be desired or convcuient.

To the shaft B is attached a large gear-\\'heel, C, which meshes into the small 'gear-wheel D, placed upon the'shaft E, with which shaft it is connected by a clutch, F, so that itmay be turned in one direction t0 -wind up the weight or spring without carrying all the machinery with it, and so that when turned inthe other direction, it may carry the said shaft E with-it, and thus give motion to the machine..

The clutch F is held up against the wheel D, and

at the same time allowed to give, whenA the wheel D is turned back to wind up the weight or spring, by means of the coiled spring G, placed upon the said shaft E.

Upon the shaft E is placed a gear-wheel, H, the teeth of which mesh into the teeth of the equal sized gear-wheel l, attached to the short shaft J, so that the said shaft J may receive motion t'rom the shaft E, and will revolve in the opposite direction from said shaft E.

K and L are two ratchet-wheels, equal insize and in number of teeth, attached to the shafts E and J,

and so arranged that their teeth may point in opposite direct-ions, as shown in fig. l.

M is a shaft, working in bearings iu the frame A,

and to which is attached a cross-bar, N, to the ends of which are pivoted the lever-pawls O P, the lower or engaging ends of which extend down into such a position as to come incontact with the teeth of the ratchet-wheels K L, alternately, and thus receive lan guided inward to come in contact with the teeth of the ratchet-wheels K L. v

As each pawl is raised, alternately, by the impulse of the ratchet-wheels K L,'their lower ends ale moved outward, -away from the teeth of the said ratchet-wheels K L, by the weights S '.l, connected with their upper ends. t

The weights S '1 are detachable, so that they may be adjusted as required. either by replacing them with others heavier or lighter, or by shitting their position upon the upperends of the said pawls O P. From the shaft M, the motion may he. `comn`n1ni cated to the wtn'king-shat't, by'a crankand connecting-rod connection, and from the working-shaft to the churn, or other machine to be driven by 'a ciank,i'1ywheel, connectmgfrod, and walking-beam connection, about the arrangement'ot which parts there is nothing new.

By this construction and arrangement ofthe pawls, they not only receive the power with great force., but also allow the cross-bar N to be made longer, so as to gain an increased leverage.

Having thus described nl v iilvention,

I elaim'as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patcnt` l 1. lhe two ratchet-wheels K L, two Vpawls 'O P, and crossbar N, arranged and operatingin connection with the shafts E .I M, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The :.ombination of adjustable weights S T, with the pawlsvO P, that play upon the ratchet-wheels K/ L, substantially as herein shown and described, and

for the purpose set forth.

The above speciticationot my invention signed by me, this 7th day of September, i869. Witnesses: DALEMBERT T. GALE.

(ino. W. MABEF., JAMES T. GRAHAM. 

